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package edu.umd.cs.imut.model;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:baonn@cs.umd.edu"> Bao N. Nguyen </a>
 * 
 */
public abstract class IApplication {

	/**
	 * 
	 */
	public IApplication() {
		super();
		registerEvents();
	}

	/**
	 * Establish a connection with the application
	 */
	abstract public void connect();

	/**
	 * return all components
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	abstract public List<IComponent> getAllComponents();

	abstract void registerEvents();

	/**
	 * Disconnect from the application
	 */
	abstract public void disconnect();

	/**
	 * return all component with events
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public List<IComponent> getAllEventComponents() {
		List<IComponent> lComponents = new ArrayList<IComponent>();
		List<IComponent> lAllComponents = getAllComponents();

		for (IComponent component : lAllComponents) {
			if (component.hasEvent())
				lComponents.add(component);

		}
		return lComponents;
	}

	public IComponent getComponentByID(String id, IIDGenerator idGenerator) {
		List<IComponent> lAllComponents = getAllComponents();

		for (IComponent component : lAllComponents) {
			String otherID = idGenerator.generateID(component);
			if (id.equals(otherID))
				return component;
		}
		return null;

	}

}
